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Mobile telephony, social networks and credit access: Evidence from MSMEs in Kenya

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2018
Access to credit by micro, small and medium enterprises is key for growth and employment. However, it is hindered by information asymmetry. We investigated the effect of mobile telephony and social networks (group networks) on the probability of access ...
Idi Jackson Mdoe, George Kariuki Kinyanjui   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acceleration of Poor Women Capability in Increasing Income Through Self-Help Group

JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan, 2018
This study analyzed  the impact of the acceleration of women capabilities in creating family income through self-help group based micro credit. The analysis unit of this study are the members of UP2K-PKK (Efforts to Increase Family Income). They are poor
Chatarina Yekti Prawihatmi
doaj   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANALISIS MODEL 4As PADA KESEDIAAN MENGGUNAKAN KREDIT USAHA RAKYAT

Jurnal Kawistara, 2018
The development of the business world is not only dominated by big business actors, but also medium, small, and even micro. These micro-scale business actors are given the opportunity to thrive.
Rofikoh Rokhim, Iin Mayasari
doaj   +1 more source

Research on the credit risk of small and micro enterprises under “The Belt and Road Initiative”

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
Under the “The Belt and Road Initiative”, small and micro enterprises have new opportunities and new challenges. At present, the biggest problem facing the development of small and micro enterprises is the financing problem, and it is imminent to solve ...
Liu Zhanyu, Sun Xialing
doaj   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Evaluation of the Impacts of Empowerment and the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy on the Desire to Establish Sustainable Rural Businesses [PDF]

Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rūstāyī, 2019
Nowadays, the empowerment of rural people is an important development objective in any country. Accordingly, rural micro-credit fund plans have been introduced as an initiative to improve the quality of life for men and women in rural areas.
Mehdi Ghorbani, Ahmad Hajalizadeh, Masoud Heydarvand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan, Halit Yanıkkaya, Hüseyin Alperen Özer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does financial credit drive sectoral economic growth in Uganda? Evidence from Other Depository Corporations

Cogent Economics & Finance
This study examined the effect of financial credit from Other Depository Corporations (ODCs), namely, commercial banks, credit institutions, and micro-deposit-taking institutions, on sectoral economic growth in Uganda.
Steven Katende, James Wokadala, John Bosco Asiimwe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source